The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
TOWNS WRECKED.
Terrible Effects of the Earthquake In
MexicO-Severai Villages Almost Totally
Demoiished-One Hundred and Seventy
Lives LOst-Actiss Volcanoes in Arizona
and Sonora.

Terrible Eff cts of the Earthquake in
Mexico-Severai Villages Almost Totally
DemoIished-One Hundred and Seventy
Lives LOst--Actise Volcanoes in Arizona
and Sonora.
GUATMAs, Mex, May 9-The town OF
Bahispe. in the district of Montezuma, in
Sonora, was destroyed BY the earthquake
OF the 81 inst, and $50 lives were lost.
Twenty persons were killed at Oputo by
the falling of buildings. Many people
were injured at Granadas and Gusabar,
which towns were almost completely de-
strcyed.
CRY OF MEXICO, May 9-The Govern.
Tnent has received its first information re-
garding the disastrous earthquake on the
3D. inst at the town of Bahispe, IN the dis
trlct OF Montezuma, Sonora, by which $50
persons lost their lives. The earthquake
occurred at $3.50 p. N. At the same time
volcanic eruptions began in the neighbor-
ing mountains, lighting up the SUBMITS
for long distance.
The prediction is made here by local
scientists that Mexico is about to undergo
general seismic convulsion, and recent
records Of earthquakes show that there is
widespread volcanic activity from one end
Of Mexico to the other.
Tucson, A. T., May 9.-Another violent
earthquake is reported in San Jose mount
aims, forty miles south of Fort Huachuca,
In Sonora. General Forsyth has sent an
exploration party to investigate.
a party has just returned from the Santa
Catalina mountains and report that the
canyons are full of water, brought to the
surface by the earthquake. This is great
boon for this region, as there are thou
sands of acres of good farming land at the
base of these mountains which only need
water to make them valuable. Another
good effect of the earthquake is the open
ing of two large gold veins which were dis
covered in the Santa Catalina mountains
at point where the whole side of q
mountain slid down. Several prospecting
parties have gone to locate claims.
From one to two slight shocks of earth
quake have been felt here for several
days. They are too slight to cause alarm.
There is no doubt that nearly every high
mountain in Southern Arizona has to
greater or less extent had it's topography
changed, but so far as can be learned here
there is no active volcano among them.
NoGALEs, A. T., May 9-Later accounts
received here tend to show that the report
of volcano having broken out in the
w nebSGOu6 mountains Is True. Men VINO
arrived from Sonora on Friday say that
there Is strong evidence of volcanic
eruption at point about forty
miles southeast of Magdalena, and
1t is confidently said that one peak
is throwing out large volumes of
smoke, accompanied by streams of lava
Smoke and fire can be distinctly seen from
several points along the line Of the Sonora
railroad. As far as can be ascertained the
volcano is in the Sierra Azul range. From
the appearance of the country aud the
heavy earthquakes that have occurred it is
believed that other volcanoes will break
forth in few days.
LAREDO, Tex, May 9.-Passengers arriv-
ing on the Monterey train report that
great fires are raging on the summit of the
mountains in many places on both sides of
the road. Whether these fires have any
connection with the recent earth quake
disturbances in Arizona and New Mexico is
yet to be determined, as the tops of these
mountains are almost inaccessible.